The two pit bulls that police said attacked a San Francisco woman and killed her Chihuahua-mix last month have been identified as two strays that have been held at the Peninsula Humane Society for a separate complaint. less

The two pit bulls that police said attacked a San Francisco woman and killed her Chihuahua-mix last month have been identified as two strays that have been held at the Peninsula Humane Society for a separate ... more

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The two pit bulls that police said attacked a San Francisco woman and killed her Chihuahua-mix last month have been identified as two strays that have been held at the Peninsula Humane Society for a separate complaint. less

The two pit bulls that police said attacked a San Francisco woman and killed her Chihuahua-mix last month have been identified as two strays that have been held at the Peninsula Humane Society for a separate ... more

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Pair of pit bulls suspected in fatal SF dog mauling identified

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Two stray pit bulls suspected of mauling of a woman in San Francisco and killing her dog in November, were identified by officials on Thursday as a pair of canines captured the same day in Daly City.

Since they were taken into custody on an unrelated complaint, the pit bulls have been held at the Peninsula Humane Society in San Mateo, officials said. But it wasn’t until Thursday that they were identified as the animals involved in the San Francisco attack.

On Nov. 20, a woman was walking her Chihuahua-mix, Joey, on the 600 block of Brunswick Street when she saw the two dogs running toward her. She picked up Joey to protect him, police said, but the pit-bull pair knocked her to the ground.

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The dogs attacked Joey and dragged the woman across the ground as she held onto her little pooch’s leash, police said, causing her to suffer non-life-threatening injuries. The dogs then viciously bit, Joey, who later died at an animal hospital.

Later that day, the Peninsula Humane Society responded to a separate complaint in Daly City that led to the two pit bulls being taken into custody.

Police said no owner came forward to claim the dogs, but media coverage of the San Francisco mauling allowed the Peninsula Humane Society to identify the dogs as the same ones in their custody.

The dogs were transferred into the San Francisco Department of Animal Care and Control. Police said the pit bulls will be the subject of a vicious and dangerous dog hearing in the next few weeks.

Police are requesting public assistance in identifying the owner of the two pit bulls. One dog was described as weighing 70 pounds with brown and white fur and a pink collar. The other was about 80 pounds with brown fur and a gray collar.